When I awoke this mornin'

Imagine my surprise

On my pillow lay a single yellow rose

I smiled but when I read the card

The teardrops filled my eyes

It was the only way that you could say goodbye

You couldn't tell me to my face

That you had found another

And it never crossed my mind you'd be untrue

So today as I lay sleepin'

You left me here alone

And you said goodbye

With a single yellow rose

Did ya know that yellow roses mean you love someone forever

And did ya know they'd say forever I'll be true

Why did you have to go astray

Leave, and throw our love away

Why did you leave a single yellow rose

You couldn't tell me to my face

That you had found another

And it never crossed my mind you'd be untrue

So today as I lay sleepin'

You left me here alone

And you said goodbye with a single yellow rose

Yes you said goodbye with a single yellow rose